Opportunities for short-term visiting scholar positions on "Transnational cooperation" at German Development Institute

The Research Programme “Inter- and Transnational Cooperation” at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) offers a possibility for short-term visiting scholar positions of 4-12 weeks between May and December 2020.

2020年03月11日

Marine industry guidance just published in race towards low-sulfur fuel by 2020

In a bid to reduce emissions from shipping, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has set a target of January 2020 for the implementation of a new policy that limits the sulfur content of maritime fuel to 0.50 %. No mean feat when the current maximum is 3.50 % and high-sulfur fuel has been the norm for many years. International guidance to help has just been published.

2020年03月07日

ISO paints brighter future with guide for sustainability in standards development

ISO Guide 82, Guidelines for addressing sustainability in standards, provides advice to standards developers on how to take account of sustainability issues in the drafting or revision of ISO standards. It helps raise awareness of the challenges of sustainable development amongst standards writers and provides them with a systematic and consistent approach to identifying and assessing sustainability factors inherent in every standardization project. It also provides a way of reflecting those factors in the final text.

2020年03月07日

春暖花开之时,发现新的自己|2020年朗盛“洁净水,滋润未来”项目等你来!

2020年“洁净水·滋润未来”大学生水资源保护调研竞赛再次起航,现面向高校学生开展水资源保护和利用调研竞赛项目征集,诚邀各符合条件的社团组织、兴趣小组、相关课题研究小组等积极申报。

2020年03月05日

GOTS registers highest growth rate ever in 2019

7765 certified facilities worldwide, an increase of 35% with more than 3 million workers covered under GOTS in 2019.

2020年03月05日

Agency in African science for sustainability

On 24 to 27 February 2020, the 6th African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development took place in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Attended by around 50 researchers and policy-makers from across the African continent, the participants discussed key entry points for sustainability research in Africa.

2020年03月03日

What is sustainability

ISO/Guide 82:2014 Guidelines for addressing sustainability in standards defines sustainability. Sustainability encompasses three dimensions (economic, environmental and social) which are interdependent and can be mutually reinforcing.

2020年02月12日

Role for VSS on Sustainable Trade, APFSD pre-event in Thailand

As a pre-event to the 7th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD), to be held on 25-27 March 2020, this workshop will discuss the role of VSS in greening trade, thus advancing the transition towards more sustainable food systems, one of the six priority pathways of the Global Sustainable Development Report, and helping smallholder producers and micro and small businesses in the region make greater and sustainable economic gains from green trade.

2020年02月12日

尊重动物应该成为我们重要的社会责任吗?

2005年到2010年期间,在参与制定ISO 26000社会责任国际标准时,国际上一些动物保护组织总是反复提出一个请求,就是要将尊重动物福利写进社会责任标准定义中。

2020年02月11日